Eric This can be done. We do it all the time. Touchstone.S-parameters contain magnitude and phase information (Or real/imaginary if you will). From this the time domain transfer functions are calculated, including delay. Best regards, Scott Scott McMorrow Teraspeed® Consulting - A Division of Samtec 16 Stormy Brook Rd Falmouth, ME 04105 (401) 284-1827 Business http://www.teraspeed.com On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 3:05 PM, eric silist <ericsilist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I know in a simple way that S-parameters are a frequency domain > representation of how much of the signal passes through or is reflected. > Then I have the idea that I could use a tool to extract an S-parameters > representation of a bus and simulate that in the time domain with h-spice > or some other tool. > I don't understand how delay information is derived from the data in a > s-parameter model? Or is it not and a simulation like I describe above > will just assume that all channels have the same delay. I thought maybe > there would be some phase information in the s-parameter model but I didn't > see that in the touch tone file format. > > I'm also curious if I wanted to combine several sparameter models, say a > package model, channel model, connector model etc. Are there pitfalls > (like resonant spikes or something) to watch out for if I just hook them > all up in series? Should I be doing something more complicated to combine > them? > > > Thank you, > -Eric > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > List forum is accessible at: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu